My credit card company required a police report which I obtained by calling the local cops, who readily admitted that they get a couple of hundred such calls a month and don’t follow up on any of them.
“by calling the local cops, who readily admitted that they get a couple of hundred such calls a month and don’t follow up on any of them”
Unfortunately, these cases rarely become high priority — or even any priority at all — as a general rule among law enforcement; however, it’s still important to make the record. For example, some credit cards or insurance companies may not provide reimbursement without a police complaint. Moreover, the federal agencies like IC3 or FTC use reports made in their online databases in order to determine which complaints to investigate. For example, if some telemarketer number or spammer IP or email address is reported in large numbers and is associated with egregious complaints, then it will likely become an eventual enforcement target. So it’s still important to report the matter.
My credit card company had me do the same.
Poor cop tried to hand write all of the fraudulent charges. There were 5 or 6 pages worth of transactions. I gave him the bank statement :)
Keep a very close watch on all charges to the card no matter how small.
My son recently had a break in and lost about $500 in property. He had an iron clad way of tracking one of the electronic items, but the cops said it wasn't worth their time.
They only act if: there is a possibility of a fine (or other $$ windfall for the PD); there is a chance at positive publicity; or a cop is the victim.